On September 17 Baikonur saw traditional “mass media day”. The journalists got the opportunity to see one day in the cosmonauts’ life at Baikonur spaceport before Soyuz TMA-14M launch .

Space industry specialists go on with preparation works for the launch of Soyuz TMA-12M.

Soyuz TMA-14M crews passed the first training in Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft and raised the flags of ISS-41/42 mission contries-participants.

Today, on September 12, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre charters brought main and back-up crew of Soyuz TMA-14M manned spacecraft to Baikonur spaceport. Roscosmos, Yuzny space Centre and international Space School student greeted the newly arrived cosmonauts and astronauts.

On September 11, at 06;23, Moscow time, descent module of Soyuz TMA-12M manned spacecraft successfully landed to the south east of Jezqazğan town. The landing took place as planned.

Preparations works for Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft launch are under way at Baikonur spaceport. On September 10 the specialists started preparing famous # 1 so called “Gagarin” launchpad for the launch scheduled for September 26.

ISS-39/40 crew finishes its mission onboard the station on September 11, 2014, according to the ISS flight program .

On September 4, 2014 main (Alexander Samokutyayev, Roscosmos, Elena Serova, Roscosmos, Barry Wilmore, NASA) and back-up (Gennady Padalka, Roscosmos, Mikhail Korniyenko, Roscosmos, Scott Kelly, NASA) crews finished their complex preflight examination trainings in GCTC.

Russian woman-cosmonaut Anna Kikina may go to space in several years, - GCTC Head Yuri Lonchakov reported.

ISS- 41/42 mission main and back-up crews passed exams on Rissian ISS segment and Soyuz TMA-M simulators.